Article 1
Open ↗The coordination measures prescribed by this Directive shall apply to the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to the types of company listed in Annex I.
Source
Directive 2009/102/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 in the area of company law on single-member private limited liability companies (Codified version) (Text with EEA relevance)
Directive 2009/102/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 in the area of company law on single-member private limited liability companies (Codified version) (Text with EEA relevance)
In forceLast amended 2013-07-01
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Article 2
Open ↗1. A company may have a sole member when it is formed and also when all its shares come to be held by a single person (single-member company). 2. Member States may, pending coordination of national laws relating to groups, lay down special provisions or penalties for cases where: (a) a natural person is the sole member of several companies; or (b) a single-member company or any other legal person is the sole member of a company.
Article 3
Open ↗Where a company becomes a single-member company because all its shares come to be held by a single person, that fact, together with the identity of the sole member, must either be recorded in the file or entered in the register as referred to in Article 3(1) and (2) of Directive 68/151/EEC or be entered in a register kept by the company and accessible to the public.
Article 4
Open ↗1. The sole member shall exercise the powers of the general meeting of the company. 2. Decisions taken by the sole member in the field referred to in paragraph 1 shall be recorded in minutes or drawn up in writing.
Article 5
Open ↗1. Contracts between the sole member and his company as represented by him shall be recorded in minutes or drawn up in writing. 2. Member States need not apply paragraph 1 to current operations concluded under normal conditions.
Article 6
Open ↗Where a Member State allows single-member companies as defined by Article 2(1) in the case of public limited companies as well, this Directive shall apply.
Article 7
Open ↗A Member State need not allow the formation of single-member companies where its legislation provides that an individual entrepreneur may set up an undertaking the liability of which is limited to a sum dedicated to a stated activity, on condition that safeguards are laid down for such undertakings which are equivalent to those imposed by this Directive or by any other Community provisions applicable to the companies referred to in Article 1.
Article 8
Open ↗Member States shall communicate to the Commission the texts of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
Article 9
Open ↗Directive 89/667/EEC, as amended by the acts listed in Annex II, Part A, is repealed, without prejudice to the obligations of the Member States relating to the time limits for transposition into national law and application of the Directives set out in Annex II, Part B. References to the repealed Directive shall be construed as references to this Directive and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex III.
Article 10
Open ↗This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
Article 11
Open ↗This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Supplementary provisions
ANNEX ISupplementary provisions
Open ↗ANNEX I Types of companies referred to in Article 1 — Belgium: ‘société privée à responsabilité limitée/besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid’, — Bulgaria: ‘дружество с ограничена отговорност, акционерно дружество’, — Czech Republic: ‘společnost s ručením omezeným’, — Denmark: ‘anpartsselskaber’, — Germany: ‘Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung’, — Estonia: ‘aktsiaselts, osaühing’, — Ireland: ‘private company limited by shares or by guarantee’, — Greece: ‘εταιρεία περιορισμένης ευθύνης’, — Spain: ‘sociedad de responsabilidad limitada’, — France: ‘société à responsabilité limitée’, — Croatia: ‘društvo s ograničenom odgovornošću, dioničko društvo’, — Italy: ‘società a responsabilità limitata’, — Cyprus: ‘ιδιωτική εταιρεία περιορισμένης ευθύνης με μετοχές ή με εγγύηση’, — Latvia: ‘sabiedrība ar ierobežotu atbildību’, — Lithuania: ‘uždaroji akcinė bendrovė’, — Luxembourg: ‘société à responsabilité limitée’, — Hungary: ‘korlátolt felelősségű társaság, részvénytársaság’, — Malta: ‘kumpannija privata/Private limited liability company’, — The Netherlands: ‘besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid’, — Austria: ‘Aktiengesellschaft, Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung’, — Poland: ‘spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością’, — Portugal: ‘sociedade por quotas’, — Romania: ‘societate cu răspundere limitată’, — Slovenia: ‘družba z omejeno odgovornostjo’, — Slovakia: ‘spoločnosť s ručením obmedzeným’, — Finland: ‘osakeyhtiö/aktiebolag’, — Sweden: ‘aktiebolag’, — United Kingdom: ‘private company limited by shares or by guarantee’.
ANNEX IISupplementary provisions
Open ↗ANNEX II PART A Repealed Directive with list of its successive amendments (referred to in Article 9) Council Directive 89/667/EEC (OJ L 395, 30.12.1989, p. 40) Annex I, point XI.A of the 1994 Act of Accession (OJ C 241, 29.8.1994, p. 194) Annex II, point 4.A of the 2003 Act of Accession (OJ L 236, 23.9.2003, p. 338) Council Directive 2006/99/EC (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 137) Only point A.4 of the Annex PART B List of time limits for transposition into national law and application (referred to in Article 9) Directive Time limit for transposition Date of application 89/667/EEC 31 December 1991 1 January 1993 in the case of companies already in existence on 1 January 1992 2006/99/EC 1 January 2007
ANNEX IIISupplementary provisions
Open ↗ANNEX III CORRELATION TABLE Directive 89/667/EEC This Directive Article 1, introductory wording Article 1 Article 1, first to 27th indent Annex I Articles 2 to 7 Articles 2 to 7 Article 8(1) — Article 8(2) — Article 8(3) Article 8 — Article 9 — Article 10 Article 9 Article 11 — Annex I — Annex II — Annex III
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